DONETSK, December 20 Number of civilians, those injured on Wednesday as a result of shelling of Gorlovka by Ukrainian troops increased to three, the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko reported on the Telegram channel.
«According to updated information, the number of civilians of Gorlovka wounded by shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) has increased up to three,” Prikhodko wrote.
The mayor of Gorlovka previously reported that two civilians were injured and a bus stop complex where a food retail outlet is located was damaged as a result of shelling from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The DPR representative office in the JCCC earlier on Wednesday reported three shellings of Gorlovka by Ukrainian troops, including the use of 155 mm cluster shells.
Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the city is home to the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises. This is one of the largest populated areas of the DPR; before the start of the conflict in Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250 thousand people.